Linda's funeral was extremely deserted. Cliff showed up and urged the process all the way. In the end, he felt that the process was too much and simply gave up. He spent more time talking to Thorin than he did at the funeral.
Zach didn't care about the funeral, nor did he care about Thorin. After noon, he was invited away by his neighbor, Pochquin.
It's strange to say that Porky actually invited Zach to go fishing.
Yes, fishing.
When Pochi came to Grande to look for Zach, Zach was still stunned for a long time, "You are talking about the kind of activity where you hold a fishing rod, wait for the fish in the water to take the bait... right?"
"Otherwise." Pochi did not give Zach a chance to refuse, "I have prepared the equipment for you, let's go."
Zach had no idea why Pochi suddenly acted like this, but... he wasn't afraid, he just left.
There are actually quite a few places where you can fish in Barton, including the Charles River, Paisley River, and the sea. Judging from the direction of Boqi's car, he probably wasn't going to the sea. "Where are we going?"
"Sloan has found a quiet place, on the Paisley River. Let's go there."
"Sloan? Soul Walker?"
"Any questions."
"No."
No more words were spoken on the way, Zach was taken to the predetermined location, and Soul Walker was already waiting there.
Zach looked around and saw that there were really only three of them.
Sloan asked, "Can you fish?"
Zach replied, "No."
Sloan confirmed, "Is it true or false?"
"Really not." Zach confirmed. Zach thought that he should be rewarded immediately for being so honest. What did this inexplicable invitation mean
Unexpectedly, after receiving such an answer, Sloan immediately lost his temper and turned to Pochi, "He doesn't know how to fish, why did you bring him here?"
Zach pursed his lips, not wanting to speak.
Why. How to put it... Let's put it this way: Zach was quite calm. He felt that Pochi had something to discuss with him, and the inexplicable activity of fishing was just an excuse, so he agreed. But now it seems that fishing is not an excuse, it is a serious leisure activity, so why is Zach here
Pochi answered Sloan, "Did you know how to fish before? Didn't I teach you how to fish? Now I want to teach my neighbor how to fish. Do you have any objections?"
"Uh, no." Sloan waved his hand and glanced at Zach, "Tsk." He carried a small folding stool and moved away from Zach.
"Take it." Pochi came over and handed Zach a brand new fishing rod, then a fishing hook, and bait... while demonstrating the operation on his own fishing rod, he asked Zach to follow suit.
Zach... copied Porky's move, earning Porky's praise as Zach tossed the hook into the water, "Great."
Zach didn't appreciate the compliment.
Then, and then no more. On this section of the Paisying River, three silent men sat staring at the water in a daze. This is a still picture.
In fact, when this still scene lasted for five minutes, Zach had already confirmed that he hated this kind of leisure activity. What's the point
When you are in a daze at the Grande, you can also treat the employees in the living area as objects of appreciation. Is there any value in being in a daze on the Paising River
Zach began to move his fishing rod, and the fishing line pulled ripples back and forth in the current. This move successfully aroused the disgust of Pochi, who was nearest, "What are you doing."
"A fish passed by my bait four or five times and I was trying to get its attention," Zach answered.
Pochi was quiet for a while, the fishing rod in his hand got stuck in the holder, then he cut his finger and started shaking it near Zach's face.
"What are you doing?" Zach tilted his head at Pochi.
"To get your attention."
It’s strange that this kind of behavior makes Zach happy. Zach: “Do you want me to bite you? What do you think I am, a fish?”
"No, I'm telling you, it's fish like you. Such idiotic behavior will not let any creature take the bait, whether it is a vampire or a fish."
Zach's mouth tilted to one side. Inexplicably insulted. Forget it, Zach stopped moving the fishing rod randomly, and Pochi retracted his fingers with satisfaction, put a band-aid on it, and picked up the fishing rod.
The scene remained still... until the light source no longer allowed it, bringing an end to a leisurely activity that Zack had never understood the meaning of in the first place.
Zach didn't even speak. Pochi said, "I see Thorin went to Grande this morning. You were invited to attend the opening of the nightclub. It just so happens. Let's go with Sloan."
Zach didn't have time to speak again, "Tsk! Why are you invited too!" He was obviously unhappy, "Uh, there aren't other vampires, are there?"
Zach didn't want to talk anymore. He glanced at Bochi and wondered if this was the purpose of Bochi bringing him fishing inexplicably so that he and Sloan could go to the nightclub together. It's just...what's the point? ? But if there is no point, today's afternoon is just wasted?
Zach couldn't get an answer either. After Pochi finished his explanation, he left. But Sloan really took Zach to his car, "Don't think that I want to be with you. Poch is my boss (nursing home), and you own a Colt. I still have the necessary Face needs to be maintained.”
Treating it like a free ride, Zach got into Sloan's car. Likewise, Zach and Sloan arrived at the door of the nightclub without much communication.
There were already quite a few people here. The familiar ones saw Zach's appearance. They were all similar to Sloan and took a detour. They were obviously not happy about Zach's appearance...
Zach began to think that this was a personal attack...until he also saw Benjamin. Benjamin came over and said lightly, "What's interesting? Anthony and I have finished talking about things. You can publish them one by one again. It's okay now. I We need to make an appointment with Anthony to talk again."
I don't think this is a personal attack. Zach originally wanted to remind Rimmer of the image this nightclub might have on Barton, the alien lord, when he saw Benjamin. Now, Zach was angry, "It's not what I said, it was Anthony who asked."
"He asked, are you going to answer?" Benjamin floated away.
Zach was really ready to turn around and leave. Thorin personally came out to pick up Zach. The process was very smooth. There was no obstacle between him and Zach. "You're here~" Thorin was still looking around Zach happily, "The guy from the Republic... "
Thorin knew that Zach was taken away by Pochi to go fishing at noon, so Zach didn't need to explain, "I don't know if he's going back to Grande, Sloan and I came here."
"Okay, I don't know how to entertain it. Come in." He hugged Zach and entered the nightclub regardless of Zach's wishes.
If it were another alien race, Zach would simply refuse and walk away, but Thorin couldn't. Not only was the master's face not something Zak's cultivation would ignore, but Thorin was also a second-generation vampire.
However, Zach’s mentality adjustment is pretty quick. At worst, it’s just a continuation of fishing.
Thorin arranged 'drinks' for Zach, placed him in a private room on the second floor, and then went to greet other guests, leaving Zach alone on the open terrace on the second floor, shaking his wine glass and looking down. 'person'. Zach hadn't caught a single fish all afternoon, and now he was just treating it like the same thing. Downstairs is the fish, and upstairs is Zack who doesn't know the point of fishing. Just let this picture remain still.
We have no way of knowing what the fish is thinking when they are in the water and looking at the fishermen, but what a group of aliens are thinking when they look at a vampire upstairs shaking a wine glass...
Someone came to the private room looking for Zach.
"You actually know how to go fishing." The speaker was the mind-reader Mo Ruilin who was also holding a drink.
Zach glanced sideways at the mind-reader. He hadn't done business with this tailor for a long time. Now that they met, Zach suddenly felt that he should make some new clothes. Toledo is very concerned about his appearance~
Zach's attitude towards Morelin has always been frank, and there is no need to be frank, "Exactly, please help me find out how I agreed to Poch's fishing trip."
Morelin answered quickly, "Because you thought Pochi had something to say to you." Morelin stood next to Zach and glanced at the aliens downstairs, "But that's not what you really want to ask. The question, what you really have to ask is, why fishing.”
Zach shrugged, "Why."
"Because Pochquin is smarter than we thought." Morelin smiled, patted Zach, and moved away from the terrace, "I don't like places with many people, it's too noisy."
Zach cooperated and sat down in the back with Morelin, "Are you saying that Pochquin has noticed that Rimmer's nightclub is for aliens?"
Morelin nodded, "Quin is a member of the central wizarding family in Sanatorium. The wizarding family is very close to Sibella in Paisying. It's not surprising that he noticed something."
Zach didn't care how Pochquin knew about the nightclub invitation. It made sense from Sloan, who worked in a nursing home, that Zach's interest aroused by Morelin was in the matter of 'fishing'.
"Sloan down there is already showing off to others what he has harvested all afternoon. It is inevitable that he will laugh at the vampire's fishing ability. You haven't seen a single fish all afternoon~" Morelin was laughing.
Zach didn't care, "I heard it." Fishing is really meaningless to vampires, eating? Well, Zack doesn't need the ability to fish.
"Do you think Pochi needs to do things like fishing?" Morilin asked.
Zach shook his head naturally, "As Pochi, he really doesn't need to use such boring activities as a means of socializing. Card games and banquets are more suitable for him." Zach shrugged, "It's probably his personal It’s a hobby.”
Just like Mrs. Quinn collects things from Indian culture.
"Even if it is a hobby, you should find people with the same hobby to do it with. Sloan did not hide it below. If he hadn't deliberately curry favor with the new owner of the nursing home in order to regain his job in the nursing home, he went fishing with Pochiquin. of."
Zach raised an eyebrow. A window seemed to open.
Morelin, a mind reader, obviously 'read' the window that opened in Zach's mind. He has a smile on his face, and because of his age, he has a kind feeling. Out of habit, he fiddled with the tape measure that he always kept around his neck. After fiddling with it for a while, he realized that he was now wearing party clothes in a nightclub and did not bring a tape measure.
Zach didn't speak for the time being.
Zach is not completely unaware of the evolution of fishing from survival to leisure in human history. Vampires who have been involved in the history of human civilization are certainly aware of this kind of activity, but as vampires, they have no need for this kind of activity.
Some people may regard fishing as a way to cultivate one's health and pass the time, but for a vampire, the effect of self-cultivation is not as good as a glass of 'wine', and the effect of passing time is, well, not as good as a night of sleep, so it is meaningless.
If there are really vampires who like this kind of activity, it is just like Porchi's as Zach speculated, a purely personal hobby.
And this kind of intelligence is regarded as a personal hobby activity, and Pochi has gained a follower... Anyway, what is being described now is Zach's psychological activity, let's talk about it directly... Intentional fishing is an activity that can only be sustained by hobbies, Porky really caught a fish: Soulwalker Sloane.
Then in Zach's mind, what are his hobbies
We have continued the fishing activity into the current nightclub. Zach is on the second floor, and the other aliens are below...
What are Zach's hobbies
It's human. What Anthony said, no one can refute it.
This human hobby cannot catch a single fish!
This is the conclusion reached by the window opened in Zach's mind.
Zach finished his thinking and glanced at Morelin.
Mo Ruilin continued to smile kindly, "Yes~ I came up here because it was too noisy down there. Your hobby is not something that attracts people~"
Zach frowned. If you feel personally attacked before, you can still try to cover it up by using the reason that a bunch of aliens are afraid of vampires. Now, the whitewash is gone. None of the aliens in this nightclub scene, except Zach who was a still on the second floor, cared about humans. No alien thought it would be beneficial to take advantage of Zach's hook, such as Sloan to cooperate with Pochi's hobbies.
Zach, it’s true, it’s unpopular...
Zach took a sip of wine and said, "If Pochi really wanted to express this to me and took me fishing, I really admire him."
Morelin smiled, "Why do you say that?"
What are Zach's hobbies
It's human. What Anthony said, no one can refute it.
This human hobby cannot catch a single fish!
This is the conclusion reached by the window opened in Zach's mind.
Zach finished his thinking and glanced at Morelin.
Mo Ruilin continued to smile kindly, "Yes~ I came up here because it was too noisy down there. Your hobby is not something that attracts people~"
Zach frowned. If you feel personally attacked before, you can still try to cover it up by using the reason that a bunch of aliens are afraid of vampires. Now, the whitewash is gone. None of the aliens in this nightclub scene, except Zach who was a still on the second floor, cared about humans. No alien thought it would be beneficial to take advantage of Zach's hook, such as Sloan to cooperate with Pochi's hobbies.
Zach, it’s true, it’s unpopular...
Zach took a sip of wine and said, "If Pochi really wanted to express this to me and took me fishing, I really admire him."
Mo Ruilin smiled, "Why do you say that?" (To be continued)